Call for green burial corridors alongside roads, railways and country footpaths
A leading public health expert is calling for a strategic initiative to develop green burial corridors alongside major transport routes ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
Hundreds of sharks and rays tangled in plastic
Credit: Daniel Cartamil Hundreds of sharks and rays have become tangled in plastic waste in the world's oceans, new research ...
Two-degree climate goal attainable without early infrastructure retirement
But achieving 1.5-degree climate-stabilizing goal requires power plants and other energy infrastructure to be retired earlyCredit: Public domain Washington, DC--If ...
Insects inspire greener, cheaper membranes for desalination
Credit: © 2019 Ivan Gromicho A new membrane made from water-wet materials has specially designed gas-entrapping pores that allow it ...
NJIT conducts the largest-ever simulation of the Deepwater Horizon spill
Credit: NJIT In a 600-ft.-long saltwater wave tank on the coast of New Jersey, a team of New Jersey Institute ...
Trees for water quality credits
In a new study, UC Santa Barbara Bren School professor Arturo Keller links reforestation to water quality credits The more ...
Climate impact of clouds made from airplane contrails may triple by 2050
Credit: Bock and Burkhardt, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2019 In the right conditions, airplane contrails can linger in the sky as ...
The case of the poisoned songbirds
Credit: Photo: Krysta Rogers Researchers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Wildlife Investigations Laboratory present their results from ...
Significant UK air quality improvements over past 40 years cut death rates
Policies to improve air quality in the UK over the past 40 years have led to significant reductions in pollution ...
New unprinting method can help recycle paper and curb environmental costs
Rutgers-led study shows the benefits of removing toner with pulses of intense xenon lightCredit: Rajiv Malhotra/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Imagine if ...
Investigating the impact of drug addiction and pollution on behaviour in humans and wildlife
Credit: University of Portsmouth Scientists from the University of Portsmouth are helping to develop new technology that will aid our ...
Researchers create first portable tech for detecting cyanotoxins in water
Credit: Qingshan Wei, NC State University North Carolina State University researchers have developed the first portable technology that can test ...
Elevated air pollution could diminish health benefits of living in walkable communities
Researchers suggest healthy active lifestyles could be maintained with policies to limit traffic-related pollution The benefits of living in a ...
Study finds link between hypertension and air pollution
A new study soon to appear in the Journal of Public Health suggests that air pollution and living in apartment ...
Clouds dominate uncertainties in predicting future Greenland melt
Credit: University of Bristol New research led by climate scientists from the University of Bristol suggests that the representation of ...
Damage to the ozone layer and climate change forming feedback loop
New report finds that impacts of ozone-driven climate change span the ecosystemCredit: Rensselaer TROY, N.Y. -- Increased solar radiation penetrating ...
Safeguarding Australia’s Great Barrier Reef takes a cultural shift
The deployment of a novel, low cost device to rapidly propagate coral demonstrates a 'cultural shift' in the way science ...
Big data and innovations for healthy bees
Recently started, Horizon 2020 project B-GOOD seeks to create a EU-wide management and health data platform to assist sustainable beekeepingCredit: ...
UTSA uses permeable pavements and grass to cool cities and clean the water
Credit: Photo by Jonas Weckschmied (San Antonio, June 24, 2019) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College ...
Be prepared: Prioritising invasive species for strategic prevention (Durban, South Africa)
Credit: Şerban Procheş While exploring the way alien species invade cities around the world, South African PhD student Ashlyn L. ...